Developing focus group research : politics, theory and practice / edited by Rosaline S. Barbour and Jenny Kitzinger. - xiii, 225 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Impact of context on data / Combining focus groups and interviews : telling how it is; telling how it feels / Are focus groups suitable for sensitive topics? / How useful are focus groups in feminist research? / Do focus groups facilitate meaningful participation in social research? / How useful are focus groups for obtaining the views of minority groups? / Are focus groups an appropriate tool for studying organizational change? / Can focus groups access community views? / Some issues arising in the systematic analysis of focus group materials / Analytical potential of sensitive moments in focus group discussions / Can focus groups be analysed as talk? / Theorizing subjects and subject matter in focus group research / Judith Green and Laura Hart -- Lynn Michell -- Clare Farquhar with Rita Das -- Sue Wilkinson -- Rachel Baker and Rachel Hinton -- Lai-Fong Chiu and Deborah Knight -- Rosaline S. Barbour -- Claire Waterton and Brian Wynne -- Jane Frankland and Michael Bloor -- Jenny Kitzinger and Clare Farquhar -- Greg Myers and Phil Macnaghten -- Sarah Cunningham-Burley, Anne Kerr and Stephen Pavis.

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Focus groups.
Social sciences--Methodology.
Social sciences--Research.

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